20 “Never again will there be in it
    an infant(A) who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not live out his years;(B)
the one who dies at a hundred
    will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach[a] a hundred
    will be considered accursed.
21 They will build houses(C) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(D)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,(E)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,(F)
    so will be the days(G) of my people;
my chosen(H) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain,(I)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;(J)
for they will be a people blessed(K) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants(L) with them.
24 Before they call(M) I will answer;(N)
    while they are still speaking(O) I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb(P) will feed together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,(Q)
    and dust will be the serpent’s(R) food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on all my holy mountain,”(S)
says the Lord.

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  1. Isaiah 65:20 Or the sinner who reaches

A New Heaven and a New Earth

21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”[a](A) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,(B) and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City,(C) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,(D) prepared as a bride(E) beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.(F) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.(G) ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.(H) There will be no more death’[b](I) or mourning or crying or pain,(J) for the old order of things has passed away.”(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:1 Isaiah 65:17
  2. Revelation 21:4 Isaiah 25:8

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